Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of greatest accomplishment. As you become successful, read more

Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of greatest accomplishment. As you become successful, you will need a great deal of self-discipline not to lose your sense of balance, humility, and commitment.

I always try to balance the light with the heavy -- a few tears of human spirit in with the read more

I always try to balance the light with the heavy -- a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes.

Journalism has always existed in two different realities . . . the economic marketplace and [the] special institution to serve read more

Journalism has always existed in two different realities . . . the economic marketplace and [the] special institution to serve the public interest. The traditional balance between those two has become destabilized. Economic reality has taken over.

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony.

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony.

Abundance, like want, ruins many.

Abundance, like want, ruins many.

A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. [Luke 12:15]

A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. [Luke 12:15]

Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.

Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.

Democracy is not an easy form of government, because it is never final; it is a living, changing organism, with read more

Democracy is not an easy form of government, because it is never final; it is a living, changing organism, with a continuous shifting and adjusting of balance between individual freedom and general order.

The word 'happiness' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.

The word 'happiness' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.